Uroteuthis chinensis
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
Friday Cephalopod: Classic squid, in purple
Uroteuthis chinensis
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Looks like it is ready to “party like it’s 1999”.
Reminds me of the giant squid in Watchmen.
[not to open that whole can of worms].
-r.c.
Someday I’ll have me one of those classics, and I’ll fix it up to its original specifications.
Glen D
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Goes to show what kind of day I’m having, but all I think about when I see that picture is that gratuitous sex scene in Moby-Dick (unfortunately lost on the editor’s floor).
During a bull session aboard the Pequod, Ishmael was relating a story about the last prostitute he’d favored, and when he was getting to the good part, Elijah bellows,
Pretty squidy.
I’d wear that on a tee shirt.
“fixed”
dah dah dah, dah dah da-dah,
dah dah dah, dah da-dah
SQUIIIIIIIID underwater…
caught Paul Myers’ eye
:p
Cuttlefish mating/egglaying observed in Spain. Cuttles’ eyesight perhaps not as good as we thought.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8587000/8587087.stm
Classic Squid, in purple? Puleeze! She’s obviously a stylish squid in lavender, most likely on her way to a some sort of pelagic ACT UP meeting.